This scheduled background operation removes from StorNext all information about active and inactive versions of files on media that have had fsrminfo processing run on them. Additionally, any files on the media will be removed from disk if they still exist on disk, have no disk data, and there are no other copies on other media.

Rebuild Policy

This scheduled event rebuilds the internal candidate lists (for storing, truncation, and relocation) by scanning the file system for files that need to be stored.

Partial Backup

By default, a partial backup is run on all days of the week the full backup is not run. Partial backups include database journals, configuration files, and file system journal files.

Full Backup

By default, a full backup is run once a week to back up the entire database, configuration files, and the file system metadata dump file.

Health Check

By default, health checks are set up to run every day of the week, starting at 7:00 a.m.

Active Vault is a StorNext feature that enables you to configure, and schedule automatic execution of custom vault policies for library media. The feature also helps you manage your Storage Manager license.

Archive Compare

The function of utility is to verify that Media Manager tape drive configuration matches the Tertiary Manager view and also verify those tape drives still exist within the actual archive. You do not select a specific library, as the Drives Validation Report and Drives Validation Update will be run on all configured libraries, excluding vaults.

Each of these events (with the exception of Tape Consolidation) has a default schedule, but you can configure the schedules to suit your system needs. To change the schedule or add Tape Consolidation, see Add a Schedule or Edit a Schedule.

At the Period field, select the execution interval for the new schedule: Daily, Weekly or Monthly. You can also select individual days by holding down the Control key as you click the day.

At the Run Time field, specify when you want the schedule to start. Enter the hour, minute, and a.m. or p.m.

At the Start Window field, specify the window in which you want the StorNext Scheduler to start the event. The Scheduler attempts to begin the event within the specified Start Window time (e.g., 30 minutes). If the event cannot begin at that time, the Scheduler tries again during the next cycle.

Click Apply to save the new schedule, or Cancel to exit without saving.

When a message informs you that the new schedule was successfully created, click OK to continue.

The procedure for deleting an existing schedule for an event is the same regardless of the event type. Each event type has a default schedule. You can delete a default schedule, as long as you have created at least one other schedule of that type. For example, the schedule count has to be at least one for a given type.

On the Tools menu, click Storage Manager, and then click Scheduler.

Select the schedule you want to delete, and then click Delete.

When the confirmation message appears, click Yes to proceed or No to abort.

When a message informs you that the new schedule was successfully deleted, click OK to continue.

Traditionally, vaulting enables a library to manage more media than it can physically hold, and is mainly used for data archival purposes.

With the recent introduction of Quantum Scalar i6000 Tape Library’s Active Vault partition feature that can keep vaulted media inside the library, there is added value in using an Active Vault policy that works with the library’s Active Vault partition feature.

Each time a scheduled Active Vault policy runs, if SNMS used capacity exceeds a high water mark percentage of licensed capacity, qualified media will be vaulted (using the command vsmove) until used capacity is below a low water mark percentage of licensed capacity or qualified media is exhausted.